Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-users] Enabling Macros - misleading labelling

On 06/20/2011 08:22 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> I believe some things are "experimental" because the code for
> implementing them is being rewritten or updated and they may not be
> considered fully stable or finished or up to quality standards or
> something. So even though macros have been around forever, the mechanism
> for recording them (as opposed to writing them) might still be under
> development. I don't know this for sure in the case of macros, but it
> seems logical to me.
>
> --Jean
I was only aware of two things being enabled in "experimental mode". 
Macro recording and some kind of editing mode in Calc. If you have a 
list of other things I would love to see it. Note that I attribute that 
information to Michael Meeks.

Why is the recorder marked as Experimental? I will guess. Because it 
generates dispatches which provides little to no incite into how the 
internal objects work. Record a macro in say Word... Never done it, but 
I have seen recorded macros that are very readable using the API.

Finally, to address another question... Well, when someone says "macro", 
I think StarBasic. You will find people refer to macros using java 
script, Python, and numerous other languages.

--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info:  http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php


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